Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Book Three of the Rose Of Skibbereen romance/family saga covers the turbulent years of the Great Depression and World War II. In this book Rose comes to terms with what happened to her first love Sean McCarthy, and learns the secret that made him such a troubled soul. There is a paranormal element, too. Rose receives visits from the spirit of her Irish mother, and warnings from an Amish psychic. Her son Paul gets mixed up with a Nazi sympathizer, and his daughter Rosie has an affair with a British Navy officer that ends badly. Other lives are intertwined also. The life of Edith Jones, an English immigrant to Philadelphia, has been changed completely by the charming but troubled Sean McCarthy. In this book Edith has to pick up the pieces of her life after she discovers Sean's secret. The lives of all of these characters and more are connected in strange and wondrous ways.The Rose Of Skibbereen series shows the ripple effect of emotions like love and anger, and how so many lives can be affected by a chance encounter. Meet characters you'll grow to love as they deal with love, loss, tragedy, joy, and the tumult of the 20th century.
Synopsis
"She is haunted by the past," the Amish psychic said...
"She carries it with her always."
Will Rose confront the past once more?
War is on the horizon in Book Three of the Rose Of Skibbereen saga. It's the 1930s and Rose is trying to make sense of the ripples of time in her life. She finally learns the secret of her first love Sean McCarthy, and marries the man who loves her best, Martin Lancaster.
But her family is in trouble.
Her son Paul is seduced by an evil Nazi sympathizer, and her granddaughter Rosie has an affair with a British officer that ends very badly.
And always in the background there is the ghost of Rose's mother, who went mad after the Great Famine and spoke of an unseen world of fairies and sprites.
Many lives are entwined in the Rose of Skibbereen series, and the characters are connected in strange and wondrous ways.
The story deepens and becomes more vivid with each new chapter.
Read Book Three today, and see what's happening in the lives of these fascinating characters.